Friday, 6 April 2018

Strange Alchemies

From science you created lyricgold, dark matter illuminatingyour soul.

When cancer called, youlistened to crazy dividingcells sing new

universes into being; atestars to shinelight onto death.

Your scribbled notes hauntour minds like coyotes –leave us awed.

Originally posted in 2007 in response to a challenge at Poetry Thursday is to write a poem to or for a poet. This is my poem in memory of Rebecca Elson. Her wonderful collection of poetry and notes towards unwritten poems, Responsibility to Awe,was published in 2001 by Carcanet. Read more about the poet and her work.

Meanwhile I've just posted another poem over on my Shapeshifting Green blog, which you can read here.

This is a great poem. I have never heard of heard of her and will now look out for her work. Also, thanks for the comment on my blog. It's funny I didn't think anyone would read it so I haven't updated it. I guess I should try. There is a need to reclaim the term black..but at the end of the day there's still so much structural injustice that i wonder if that would really help anything, you know?

I love the line breaks in this poem -- being a line break nerd,I watch for these things. Each line break and stanza break adds a new layer of meaning to this poem. Thanks for introducing me to this poet!

I really liked the diction you used in this poem. I think this was the perfect poet for you to pick from the great poem you produced. Sorry I have been lazy and not checked in on your page in a while but a death in the family has made life life much more stressful.

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